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MADISON v. STATE

No. 1D11-2210.

132 So.3d 237 (2013)

James MADISON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 6, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ufferman , Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Virginia Chester Harris , Assistant Attorney General, and Jennifer J. Moore , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

MAKAR, J.

The United States Supreme Court recently reminded us that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel "commands, not that a trial be fair, but that a particular guarantee of fairness be provided-to wit, that the accused be defended by the counsel he believes to be best." U.S. v. Gonzalez-Lopez, 548 U.S. 140, 146, 126 S.Ct. 2557, 165 L.Ed.2d 409 (2006); see also Strickland v. Washington...

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